Bucknell at Lafayette

Saturday, November 6, 1920

Lafayette beat Bucknell 10–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 9–⁠1–⁠3.

AwayBucknell0–⁠3 in 1920
7
HomeLafayette5–⁠3 in 1920
10

FinalHigh 56°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: LAFAYETTE WINS HARD FOUGHT GAME Defeats Bucknell by Three Points, the Final Score Standing 10 to z.

    The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 7, 1920, page 1

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    LAFAYETTE WINS HARD FOUGHT GAME Defeats Bucknell by Three Points, the Final Score Standing 10 to z. EAsToN, Pa. Nov. Lafayette Col lege won hard fought game from Bucknell University here to-day on March Field by the score OF 10 to T. The game was the best seen here for several years, Bucknell proving dangerous to the last. Lafayette scored first In the third period. On an Off tackle play Gazella lodged through a broken field for forty seven yards and a touchdown. Later In this quarter Brennan. quarterback. kicked n goal from placement from Bucknelrs 86 yard lire. In the first half Brennan missed placement kicks from Buclnelis % and 33 yard lines. Buclnell came strong in the Anal pc Rod and two forward passes placed the ball on Lafayette’s IS yard line. On placement kick formation long for ward. McDermott to Mangln 10 Julian. was good for a touchdown. Bowser kicked the goal The lineup:

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Lafayette 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lafayette leads 28–⁠12–⁠3 in 43 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Lafayette 20, Bucknell 7
2025Lafayette 62, Bucknell 24
2024Bucknell 21, Lafayette 14
2023Lafayette 56, Bucknell 22
2022Lafayette 24, Bucknell 14
2021Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0

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